OCR Religious Studies Study Day for Year 12 students

This is a fantastic free study day to be held at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge on 17th June. Your year 12 students can experience a taster lecture from Dr James Orr, plus three study sessions with Libby Ahluwalia, teacher, syllabus developer,...

New draft Handbook on Religion and Worldviews in the Classroom

The Religious Education Council have published a draft Handbook on Relgious Education and Worldviews in the Classroom. It’s aim is to “support syllabus writers and curriculum developers on translating the REC’s vision of an excellent education for all...

Your views requested by Ofqual

Last week Ofqual published two surveys to seek feedback from students, teachers, tutors, and home-educators on some of the adaptations to exam arrangements in summer 2022. They are interested in views about how these adaptations are working in practice from those who...

Our conference reviewed

Ticket scanned, goody bag collected, name badge found I entered the largest most prestigious lecture theatre at University of Oxford in the Andrew Wiles building. Comfy seats! Tiered seating – no chance the person in front will obscure my view, ergonomically designed...

ISRSA Annual conference

Our annual conference is back! It will be held on Tuesday 22nd March at the Oxford Mathematical Institute. The event brings together RS and Philosophy teachers with stakeholders and colleagues from leading Universities to start a national debate about The Future of...

Advance information about 2022 exams

Exam boards were required to publish advance information about this year’s GCSEs and A Levels to help teachers and students prepare. This information is now available, with subject by subject guidance available here. Advance information by subject In addition,...

News from Ofqual

This week sees two important pieces of news from Ofqual. The first is the publication of the results of the National Reference Test 2021. This allows the performance of 16 year-olds in maths and English language to be benchmarked against previous years. You can read...

Our annual conference March 2022

The ISRSA annual conference will be held on Tuesday 22nd March at the Oxford Mathematical Institute. The theme could not be more important: The Future of RS.  We will hear from both sides of the debate about the Worldviews agenda.  Alongside, you can also expect the...

Ofqual consulting on 2022 assessments

The Department for Education and Ofqual invites your views on proposed adaptations to the assessment of GCSEs and GCE AS and A levels for students in England taking exams in summer 2022. These proposals are made in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...

Ofqual wants your views on TAGs

This week Ofqual launched two surveys: TAG Teacher SurveyTAG Student Survey  Now that Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs) have been submitted to exam boards and awarding organisations, Ofqual is surveying students and staff in schools, colleges and training providers to...